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when opening Firefox, Ask in a red icon comes up instead of Google

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dllaws
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I used to open Firefox and have google as my default search engine. Now I have ASK in a red icon as the default search engine. I want google

I used to open Firefox and have google as my default search engine. Now I have ASK in a red icon as the default search engine. I want google

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Xircal
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Please do the following.

  1. In the location bar where you normally type in a web address, type about:config and hit Enter.

  2. If you see a window which says "This might void your warranty!", click the button which says "I'll be careful, I promise" so you can continue with the next step.

  3. In the filter at the top, type: keyword.URL

  4. Double click it and remove hxxp://www.ask.com/search?q=and replace it with http://www.google.com/search?q= and then click OK.

  5. Close the tab

The URL to add in "keyword.URL" becomes a link in this post, so right click it and choose "Copy Link Location" to copy it to the Windows clipboard. Then hit CTRL+V to paste it. Saves you having to type the whole thing.

To reset your home page, do the following.

  • Go to the site you want to set as your homepage.

  • Click the Firefox button, go to Options | Options | General.

  • Make sure it says "Show My Homepage" in the first dropdown menu.

  • Click the button called "Use Current Pages" to set the homepage to the one you have on the screen.

If this fixes the problem for you, please click the Solved it button next to this post after you log in into the forum. This will help others searching for a solution to the same subject.

Thanks.

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